What is the difference between Bohr model and the electron cloud model?

Answer 1

Bohr's model depicts electrons in orbit around the nucleus.

the electron cloud model shows orbitals within which an electron most likely is at any given time (the movement of electrons are random, and sometimes they get out of their orbital...i'm not making this up!).

the electron cloud model is more accurate because electrons move closer and farther away from the nucleus, while the bohr model shows them at a given radius at all times.

Answer 2

Bohr's model is based on electrons that are like planets orbiting around the sun. The wave equation of Schroninger is used to define the electrons in quantum model. The plane on which electrons are orbiting were imagined to rotate by itself in Bohr's model but the wave function of an electron gives the location of it in quantum model.

Answer 3

The Bohr model happens to be discovered by Niels Bohr of course and it shows the atom in a version with energy levels where as the electron cloud model shows the nucleus with its neutrons and protons but the electrons are very detailed and are situated within a area around the nucleus. Electrons move so fast that it is impossible to pinpoint their location in a model. Hence the name Electron Cloud

Answer 4

Bohr's model of the atom was based on planetary orbits around a solar mass, which in the atomic case is the nucleus. He used quantum theory to determine that there are specific distances at which the electrons can orbit without being pulled into the nucleus by its positive charge (opposites attract) and, hence, wreaking havoc on the atom. The cloud model had electrons in a big sphere around the atomic nucleus with no rhyme nor reason other than that there was, indeed, a nucleus.

Answer 5

Electron cloud- all possible paths

Bohrs model-states Atomic Mass & atomic number

Answer 6

The modern electron cloud model is different from Bohr's planetary because the orbitals are not distinct, they exist in a cloud.

Answer 7

the precise location of electrons at a specific time is unknown

Answer 8

Bohr model is the general atomic model; electron configuration is the distribution of electrons on energy levels.

Answer 9

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